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Before the American Revolution, a stroller was the British word for a vagabond. [3] The noun stroll came from the verb in 1814. The term "stroller" was coined in the 1920s as a "child’s push-chair". [4] The modern-day usage of the word "stroll" does not differ greatly from its older derivatives. Technological advances in strolling.
to wander aimlessly or stroll/walk without urgency to a destination; usually synonymous with amble when used in the US. bumf, bumph useless paperwork or documentation (from "bum fodder", toilet paper) bunce a windfall; profit; bonus bureau de change an office where money can be exchanged (US: currency exchange) burgle *
The Stroll (Russian: Прогулка; 'Progulka'), Russian drama film; The Stroll, documentary about trans sex workers in New York City; Other uses "The ...
The word hiking is also often used in the UK, along with rambling, hillwalking, and fell walking (a term mostly used for hillwalking in northern England). The term bushwalking is endemic to Australia, having been adopted by the Sydney Bush Walkers Club in 1927. [2] In New Zealand a long, vigorous walk or hike is called tramping. [3]
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Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves; Talk is cheap; Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear; Talk of Angels, and hear the flutter of their wings; Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are [26] Tell the truth and shame the Devil (Shakespeare, Henry IV) The age of miracles is past
Both The Chambers Dictionary and the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary do list 'bummel' in precisely Jerome's sense (a stroll or leisurely journey). Both also give the German Bummel (noun) or bummeln (verb) as the origin of the word 'bum' in all its chiefly American senses.
The word walk is descended from the Old English wealcan 'to roll'. In humans and other bipeds, walking is generally distinguished from running in that only one foot at a time leaves contact with the ground and there is a period of double-support. In contrast, running begins when both feet are off the ground with each step.